#297: Supporting Functional Communication Skills with Ashley Whitaker
About this episode
Ashley Whitaker discusses strategies to enhance functional communication skills for autistic learners.
Functional communication is about more than getting a learner to request. It’s about helping them communicate what they want and need spontaneously, across people, places, and real-life situations. Ashley Whitaker joins me to share practical clinical shifts that can make a big difference for autistic learners, especially those who are prompt dependent or seem stuck in their communication progress. We talk about why a simple prompt like “What do you want?” can unintentionally become a barrier ...
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